I keep coming back to this thread and it's got me thinking.
Several years back I bought a LH Tikka Whitetail Hunter in .243. It's a great rifle with the best trigger of any rifle I own and it's very accurate with 100 grain bullets. The .243 killed deer just fine and left me no room to complain...
But, A couple of years ago I became infatuated with Savage model 99 rifles and bought one (on the 'fire) in .300 Savage and loved it.
A year later I bought a beautiful little 99 in .250 (again, here on the 'fire) and it's become my favorite rifle for deer hunting.
It's light, points well and with 87 grain Hot-Cor bullets is just the perfect killing machine for the deer here in N. Arkansas.
Since I got the .250 the Tikka has been gathering dust and will probably be sold since I enjoy hunting with the Savage so much more than the .243.
